Halford in Craven Arms

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16324HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A49, near -and now part of- Craven Arms
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) notes: "The interesting chapel of Halford bespeaks great antiquity", although the first recorded notice is of the 16th century. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the "Norman nave, restored in 1848". [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 339
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 279